HVOF sprayed WC-Co coatings: Microstructure, mechanical properties and friction moment prediction

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1431-1437

  Sahraoui, Tahar ^a   Guessasma, Sofiane ^b   Ali Jeridane, M ^a   Hadji, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BLIDA   (Algeria)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Cermets (A); Microstructure (F); Spraying (C)

Indexed keywords

COATING MICROSTRUCTURES; FRICTION MOMENT; HIGH VELOCITY OXYGEN FUELS; HVOF PROCESS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES; MICROSTRUCTURE (F); NEURAL COMPUTATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SPRAY PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL TOOLS; STEADY-STATE REGIME; TRIBOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR; TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE; WC-12CO; WC-CO COATING;

CERMETS; FRICTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; NEURAL NETWORKS; OXYGEN; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THERMAL SPRAYING; TRIBOLOGY; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

SPRAYED COATINGS;

EID: 72049117090     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.08.037     Document Type: Article

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